The Arctic Is


to The Arctic Is web site, providing a new perspective on the Arctic region and the critical issues facing it today. The articles in this site are arranged into general Overviews (available in English, German, French, Danish and Icelandic), more specific Topics, and illustrative Case Studies.


Bill Heal gives us a look at the natural environment of the Arctic, its lands and seas, flora and fauna.	Piers Vitebsky introduces the peoples and cultures who make the Arctic their home.	Mark Nuttall looks at the major issues of sustainability facing the Arctic region today.

The Arctic Human Development Report: The first comprehensive assessment of human well-being covering the entire Arctic region.

The legacy of Vilhjalmur Stefansson by Gísli Pálsson

Social and economic aspects of climate change in arctic regions by Hugh Beach

The Internationalization of the Circumpolar North: Charting a Course for the 21st Century by Oran Young

Individual and community well-being by Larissa Riabova

Historical Synopsis of the Sami/United Nations Relationship by Christian Jakob Burmeister Hicks

The animal-rights movement against sealing and whaling [Circumpolar] by Piers Vitebsky

Construction of a gas pipeline in the Yamal peninsula in northern Siberia [Russia] by Piers Vitebsky

Modes of production and minke whaling [Iceland] by Gísli Pálsson

Reindeer herding and petroleum development on Poluostrov Yamal [Russia] by Bruce Forbes

Art in the north - tourism and influences [Iceland] by Rósa Rut Þórisdóttir

Economic View from the Tundra Camp: Field Experience with Reindeer Herders in the Kola Peninsula [Russia]
by Dessislav Sabev

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